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For a system of tasks that may lock resources, the “wait-for” one of these constructs can be used to represent the system state and identify deadlocks. Weisfeiler-Leman algorithms are used on these objects, which may be used to construct a static schedule by building one of these objects. In 2015, László Babai announced work on a problem named for these objects that runs in quasipolynomial time. The expression D minus A gives a type of (*) Laplacian representing these objects. One of these (10[1])objects that obeys the triangle inequality is used as input for the Christofides algorithm. A minimum spanning tree for these objects may be constructed with Kruskal’s algorithm. Causal diagrams may use the “directed acyclic” (10[1])form (10[1])of, for 10 points, what objects that consist of a collection of vertices connected by edges? ■END■

ANSWER: graphs [accept directed graphs; accept directed acyclic graphs; accept graph Laplacian; accept graph isomorphism problem; accept wait-for graph; accept DAGs; prompt on isomorphisms by asking “what other objects name that problem?”; reject “trees”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Leo LawFarrellmagnetismBoston College8110
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateGanon Evans Fan Club11510
Shiva TegullaZen and the Art of BuzzingMSU A and Friend11610

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